Illinois Horse Racing

This week, rallies at the statehouse over gun rights and abortion; still more questions about legalized sports betting; and despite the launch of a new…

On a recent Tuesday afternoon, John Lucas and his granddaughter, McKenna, bet on Saber Rattler at the Fairmount Park Racetrack in Collinsville."If she…

Twenty years ago, horses competed more than 100 days during the thoroughbred racing season at Fairmount Park in Collinsville.That number has been slowly…

Talks to legalize sports betting in Illinois have heated up after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal ban last week.“In my mind, there’s no…

Illinois government continues limping through its partial shutdown. This week, the Illinois State Museum was shuttered, the secretary of state announced…

A jury has found a racetrack owner liable in a civil racketeering case that involved actions during Rod Blagojevich's time as Illinois governor. The jury…